up in the tri-state area. cecily tynan is live at the big board. what about dangerous winds and damaging hail. >> they are scattered storm and any storm has the potential of wind gusts of 60 miles per hour and small hail, double scan live radar is showing we have a peppering of storms coming up and some are severe. the national weather posted a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of chester county into delaware county and even clipping southern montgomery county through ardmore and chester and coatesville, this is until 6:30 tonight, because this cell has been producing some hail, deb posted a picture -- actually video of hail through honey brook. this is moving to the east at 40 miles per hour. crossing route 100 and 34 lightning strikes in this view alone. but it's beginning to weaken as it moves through. but you wants to get the kids inside and off the plea ground and we have another severe

thunderstorm warning in mercer and monmouth county and this is 6:15 and it also has hail and lightning strikes with this, moving southeast at 30 miles per hour. those are the two warnings but the entire viewing area is under a severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00 tonight with a cold front pressing in from the north and we could see severe weather. i'll talk more about that in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you cecily, with the thunderstorm watch posted for the area, we advise you to keep watching 6abc.com/weather, keep them open on your devices, you can rely on stormtracker 6 live double scan radar to stay ahead of any changes before you head out. it is primary day, voters are casting their ballots in five states including pennsylvania and delaware, election officials in both states are reporting steady turnout because of a competitive

presidential primary, voters are telling "action news" it was particularly important for them this year to have their vote counts. >> i didn't want to be one of those armchair members. >> you see the stuff on news that says this person is a lockin and this person is going to win and you want to come in and make sure you have a say in that. >> lets begin with the democrats now. britney spears visited the redding terminal market in philadelphia international airport when asked about what is expected a win in hillary clinton, and said he would stay in the race until california and then quote, we'll see what happens. that is contrary to the words of sander's senior adviser, saying that a bad day today would prompt a reassessment of the campaign.

and "action news" dann cuellar is here with more. >> reporter: the polls leading into today's voting are any indication, bernie sanders is in for a rough ride. he continues to wage a passionate campaign against hillary clinton hoping to narrow the gap especially here in pennsylvania where 210 delegates are up for grabs. >> there is someone that says we cannot defeat a corrupt political system. bernie sanders has attracted thousands of supporters to his jam packed rallies, with philadelphia's largely african-american base likely to pull the lever for clinton and it's a large college opportunity and that could help the vermont senator. >> the clinton campaign is hoping to derail sanders once and for all by sweeping all five states. last night outside of ar rally

the former secretary of state took a shot at sanders the goal is to make sure there say democrat in the white house next january. and the stateses are using a closed primary where only democrats can vote. is especially challenging for sanders. >> a bad night tonight, following the 16 point defeat in new york last year could prove devastating for his campaign. late today hillary clinton forged ahead in hammond, indiana campaigning there before the primary next week. she was at the munster steel company telling workers that the steel industry survival is one of her top priorities as president. i'm dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the republican presidential candidates are all campaigning out of state today. donald trump will watch the

primary election returns tonight in new york city. ted cruz and john kasich are already in indiana and you should remember the pennsylvania primary is different than most because most of the delegates are unbound. they can vote for whenever candidate they would like at is the cleveland convention. >> "action news" reporter walter perez is live at a polling place in ardmore, montgomery county. what about the democratic primary to face pat toomey in november? >> reporter: that is right jim. democratic voters here that we spoke with knows what is at stake because many democrats in the country see pennsylvania as key to winning back the u.s. senate and the person that wins today faces a tough challenge in november. >> there are four people vying for the democratic nomination to run against republican senator,

pat toomey. john sestak, katie mcginty and businessman joe bavarka. sestak is a former navy admiral that came within 2 percentage points of beating toomey in 2010. despite that sestak has alien e alienated himself. enter katie mcginty, she has not been elected to public office but ran against tom wolf who later pointed her as his chief of staff. the democrat party all but recruited mcginty to run and pours millions into her campaign. supporters don't get it. >> he has good name recognition and has widespread support, it puzzles me why the democratic party would leave a good viable candidate when we need a strong candidate in november. >> but the mcginty supporters

say that the democrat party are virtually supportive for her says a lot. >> i think you guys are doing it for a long time and it's time for us lady to have a try at it. the more of us the better it is. >> reporter: back out live at the episcopalian church. the latest polls have it tight between mcginty and sestak, once again the winner facing pat toomey in november. reporting live from ardmore, walter perez channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. there is a number of contested congressional races today but none more interesting than the democratic primary in the second district in pennsylvania. congressman chaka fattah running for a 12th term, this as he faced trial next month on federal racketeering and bribery charges. polls show that bright evans has

the best chance of beating fattah. gordon is also in that race. three democrats and two republicans are vying to replace kathleen kane as pennsylvania attorney general. she is accused of leaking grand jury information to the media and then lying about it. if you have voting questions or concerns, representatives from the league of women voters are here to help you. call the number on your screen. 877-940-6222. you can find the number at 6abc.com as well. the voter hot line is open until the polls close at 8:00 tonight. and we advise you to stay with "action news," we ask you to stay with "action news" throughout the night for complete primary election

coverage, we'll have live resultses as they come in on 6abc.com and the 6 abc news app and a recap of all the big races and reaction from the candidates tonight on "action news" at 11:00. other news at this hour. one day after an appeals court rejected bill cosby's effortses to stop his criminal case a preliminary hearing is set. the hearing is scheduled for may 24th in morristown. former temple university employee, andrea constand says she was drugged and sexually assaulted at cosby's home in 2004. cosby remains free on $1 million bail. a man is in critical condition tonight after being shot by his father in the may fair section of philadelphia. the incident happened at 1:00 this afternoon in the 2200 block of princeton avenue, the two got into an argument when they were in the car. they pulled over and that is when the shooting happened.

the 38-year-old son was rushed to the hospital and the father soundered to police. coming up on "action news" tonight, they deliver in rain, sleet, snow or sunshine. and they do it safely. ahead the big honor received by nine mail carriers today. sam bradford's agent speaks out about why the quarterback wants out of philadelphia. more on the eagles quarterback melodrama. >> a broken line of storms now with hail and lightning. i'll tracking more later in the week.

they honored some hard working red cross volunteers in philadelphia this morning. mayor jim kenney stopped by the red cross house since it opened in 2003. the red cross house helped 43,000 families get back on their feet after fires and other disasters. mayor kenney presented the organization with a city proclamation and thanked the volunteers for their work in the community. this is new at 6:00 tonight, and this is a day for congratulations for nine letter carriers for the fox chase section of philadelphia. katherine scott explains why -- >> reporter: letter carriers loaded up for another day of work in fox chase. but today some of them had a little extra to carry [ applause ] nine members of the station of the 700 block of rising sun

avenue were awarded hats, pins and jackets for driving 30 plus years without any accidents. >> maybe we'll hit the 2 million truck. >> it's not easy to drive safely especially in the philadelphia area with all the traffic pattern we have here and so many drivers on the road. >> since 2005 more than 9,000 mostal workers have driven more than a million miles without an at fault accident. since steve started with the post office three decades ago the vehicles have changed and so have the vehicles around him. >> the million mile drivers stress the important of frequent safety talks and awareness and training. >> when i started in 2004, they turned us lou -- loose on the

runway. >> i had 30 years with the post office and you watch them and learn from them. >> this recognition is a thank you to these men and women but these letter carriers set an example to the next generation. >> they are great role models for our next hires. share tips, it happens because they care. >> katherine scott, channel 6 "action news."

i love putting you on the spot. will sam bradford be with the eagles next year? >> no. he will go to training camp. >> you think he will be traded on draft night? >> no. what happens when training camp begins in july, the quarterback hopes to be in town by then. bradford is upset that they plan

to draft a quarterback in the draft. he would like to be traded and his agent explained their position. >> sam has only been in the league for six years and he wanted to go someplace and be there and know he will stay as long as he played well. and his situation now in philadelphia is different. he doesn't view himself, and wantses to go someplace and take a chance on being with a team for a long time. >> that leads us to the man that will presumably take his job whether it's now or later. carson whens, he is the eagles target the sec overall pick in the draft. ron jaworsky recently went to north dakota to learn more about him and came back with a positive impression. >> you see the power on tape, but you want to hear what is on

his mind and in his heart. i when out there and talked to him and his coaches and fans and tem mates, and i did not hear a negative thing about this young man. a family guy and a faith based guy. the 15th highest score ever recorded and his grade point average is 4.0. all the boxes are checked. >> all right to baseball now, vince valesquez takes the mound for the phillies in d.c. the last time he was on the mound they lost 15-5. the coach and scott mclure need a better approach with harper this time around. >> i have a theory on how we should pitch him.

i talked to mcclure about that and see how it works out. throw the fastball down the middle and see what happeneds. >> please don't do that. the flyers will have to decide who the number one goalie will be? >> i never look at myself as a backup. i saw a good opportunity to be a number one. and that is what i'm looking for. >> i'm prepared to be a number one guy. nothing is given, nothing was given this year. both of us had earned playing time. and going into next season with not expecting anything. not to be given anything just have to come in and earn everything. >> finally tonight, nothing in life is free. certainly not free throws, de

end ray misses everything. back to back air balls, that is a nba professional right there. this change in attitude

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we are dealing with a broken line of storms. how long do they last? >> a few hours and then they should be off the coast. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it is definitely stormy, just west of philadelphia and in fact the national weather service post aid severe thunderstorm warning for east central chester county and a large section of delaware county and south central montgomery

county until 6:30, these storms could have wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour and they have a history of some small hail. so double scan live radar showing that it is a pretty solid area of storms, but the most intense is moving towards the south-southeast at 40 miles per hour. so north philadelphia will be rolling through there by 6:35 and hitting center city at 6:36 and camden by 6:40 and gloucester city by 6:41, and this is all with a cold front moving through and the storms hit quickly and this is a great photo katherine posted on my facebook page, you see the clouds and it clears out quickly if you look right there, you can see the rain bro, a lot of rainbow photos and hail with these systems. it was hot today, 86 in philadelphia, 18 degrees above average, not a record though.

the record high is 93 and when you get the warmth that can add fuel to the storms. philadelphia a rain cooled 71 degrees but millville warm and 84 and wilmington and dover 84 degrees and that cold front pressing through will bring us cooler air tomorrow. satellite 6 along with action radar showing that broken line of storms and that box, that yellow is that severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 9:00. there is a much bigger storm system brewing across the plain states and we have tornado watches posted from texas to nebraska. and unfortunately it looks like this could be a widespread outbreak of tornadoes tonight and that low pressure will move through here and by then a much weakened state. by tomorrow the front is stalling to the south, sunshine north of philadelphia and clouds to the south and lingering showers south of philadelphia, the high of 66 and much cooler than today. on thursday, the low pressure is currently in the plains will

meander here and that brings us rain and looks to hold off until afternoon and evening. a quarter to half inch, so a pretty good soaking than low pressure will linger on friday and friday is looking pretty cloudy and damp. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, tomorrow it's all about location. sunshine north of philadelphia and clouds to the south perhaps with lingering showers, a high of 66, and thursday the rain is moving in by afternoon and evening hours and friday looks dreary and mostly cloudy and 61 degrees but the nice thing a bubble of high pressure moves in for the weekend and 68 degrees and great weather for the union game. and on sunday it should be dry for the broad street run with temperatures in the low 50s for the morning and 68 degrees by the afternoon and rain moving in sunday night and monday and tuesday much needed rain on the way and very unsettled. 67 degrees and i'll have the

full storm report on "action news" at 11:00. some grand parents joined their grandchildren in rancocas this morning. more than 100 students and staff brought a grandparent to school today as part of the annual tradition each got to attend class with their grandchild. >> abc world news is next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, sharrie williams, adam joseph and ducis rogers. and please join us for "action news" at sec here on channel 6. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers, and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

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breaking news as we come on tonight. the national weather service warning of a particularly dangerous situation. bracing for several weather emergencies at this hour. 54 million americans across much of the east, the south, tornado alerts from texas to nebraska. pounding hail, shelters along the highway. and severe storms from philly into the northeast. also breaking tonight, the ship that sank carrying more than two dozen americans. tonight, the new discovery. we'll show it to you right here. the race for the white house. and at this hour, the voting across five states. the first clues already coming in tonight. can clinton and trump close the deal? new reporting on prince this evening. that last concert and the emergency landing right after. his condition during those moments. and the other bombshell in that case tonight. a